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Thomas R, Wicks S, Toose C, Dale M, Pacey V. Reliability, Validity, and Predictive Validity of Cutaneous Functional Units Predicted to Scar Following Palmar Burn Injury in Young Children. J Burn Care Res 2023; 44:918-924. [PMID: 36478206 DOI: 10.1093/jbcr/irac179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/20/2023]
Abstract
Identification of children at risk of palmar burn scar is important for early initiation of scar management. This study determined the interrater reliability of face-to-face and photographic assessments of 29 palmar cutaneous functional units (CFUs) predicted to scar following palmar burn. The validity of photographic compared to face-to-face assessment, and the predictive validity of both assessment types to identify scarring at 3 to 6 months following burn, was also established. Thirty-nine children (40 hands) post burn injury were assessed face-to-face in the clinical setting, following healing of their palmar burn, by three burn therapists. Photographs of the children's hands at initial assessment were assessed by the same therapists a minimum of 6 months later. To determine which CFUs scarred, children were reassessed face-to-face in the clinical setting 3 to 6 months following their burn. For analysis, 29 CFUs were merged into eight separate groups to determine the number of CFUs predicted to scar per CFU group for face-to-face and photographic assessments. The range of agreement for individual CFUs within CFU groups was also calculated for both assessment types. Excellent interrater reliability was established for face-to-face assessment in all eight CFU groups (ICC2,1 0.83-0.96). Photographic assessment demonstrated good to excellent interrater reliability in six CFU groups (ICC2,1 0.69-0.90) and validity in seven CFU groups (ICC2,1 0.66-0.87). Good to excellent predictive validity was established for both assessment types in seven CFU groups (face-to-face ICC2,1 0.60-0.95, photographic ICC2,1 0.69-0.89). Experienced therapists can reliably assess CFUs face-to-face or via photographs and predict future scar development.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rhianydd Thomas
- Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Burns Unit, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Burns Unit, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Burns Unit, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Discipline of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Lumsden EJ, Kimble RM, McMillan C, Storey K, Ware RS, Griffin B. Protocol for a feasibility, acceptability and safety study of the PICO device (negative pressure wound therapy) in acute paediatric burns. BMJ Open 2023; 13:e068499. [PMID: 37137557 PMCID: PMC10163492 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) in acute burn care may decrease the time to re-epithelialisation by more than 20%. Despite this, the perceived burden of use; including therapeutic, physical and financial, have limited the use of NPWT in acute burn care. This might be minimised by using the small, ultraportable, single-use NPWT device PICO as opposed to larger devices, which to date has never been studied in acute burn care. This research will; therefore, primarily assess the feasibility, acceptability and safety of PICO in paediatric burns. Secondary outcomes include time to re-epithelialisation, pain, itch, cost and scar formation. METHODS AND ANALYSIS This protocol details a clinical trial methodology and is pre-results. This single site, prospective, pilot randomised controlled trial will be conducted in an Australian quaternary paediatric burns centre. Participants must be aged ≤16 years, otherwise well and managed within 24 hours of sustaining a burn that fits beneath a PICO dressing. Thirty participants will be randomised to one of three groups: group A: Mepitel and ACTICOAT, group B: Mepitel, ACTICOAT and PICO and group C: Mepitel, ACTICOAT Flex and PICO. Patient outcomes will be recorded at each dressing change to assess efficacy and safety outcomes until 3 months postburn wound re-epithelialisation. Surveys, randomisation and data storage will be undertaken via online platforms and physical data storage collated at the Centre for Children's Health Research, Brisbane, Australia. Analysis will be done by using StataSE 17.0 statistical software. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Ethics has been obtained from Queensland Health and Griffith Human Research Ethics committees including a site-specific approval. These data will be disseminated via clinical meetings, conference presentations and peer-reviewed journals. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER ACTRN12622000009718.
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- Emma Joan Lumsden
- Faculty of Health, Griffith University, Southport, Queensland, Australia
- Burns Department, Queensland Children's Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Burns and Trauma Research Group, Centre for Children's Health Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Faculty of Health, Griffith University, Southport, Queensland, Australia
- Burns Department, Queensland Children's Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Burns and Trauma Research Group, Centre for Children's Health Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Burns Department, Queensland Children's Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Burns Department, Queensland Children's Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Faculty of Health, Griffith University, Southport, Queensland, Australia
- Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia
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- Faculty of Health, Griffith University, Southport, Queensland, Australia
- Burns and Trauma Research Group, Centre for Children's Health Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia
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Sinha S, Yoon G, Shin W, Biernaskie JA, Nickerson D, Gabriel VA. Burn clinical trials: A systematic review of registration and publications. Burns 2018; 44:263-271. [DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2017.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2017] [Revised: 09/28/2017] [Accepted: 11/02/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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